Republic of Vietnam Field exercises with simulated combat. Regional and Popular Forces (RF/PF) in defensive position at river bank fire M-60 machine gun. Soldier loads 40mm round into M-79 grenade launcher and fires it. Line of RF/PF firing M-16 rifles. RF/PF attack simulated Vietcong-occupied village. Explosions and fires in a couple of huts. Vietcong pretenders are searched and held as prisoners. (Vietnam War period).
Two Republic of Vietnam Regional and Popular forces (RF/PF) engage in live fire mock combat from sandbagged defensive position at river bank. Another soldier fires from prone position near river bank. One of the RF/PF is "killed." His comrade takes his weapon and retreats to a new position. An RF/PF soldier talks over PRC-25 radio, radio equipment at his back. Another standing at a defensive position lined with sandbags, loads rounds into a clip for his M-16 rifle. After inserting the clip he fires the weapon. (Vietnam War period).
Captured film of Viet Cong (VC) conducting a political or propaganda lecture at a VC base in a jungle area of Vietnam. A UH-1B helicopter can be seen through the trees, flying overhead. (Vietnam War period).
Captured Viet Cong (VC) film showing various views of VC base in jungles of Vietnam. Viet Cong can be seen writing letters, digging bunkers and tunnels. Inside a bunker they clean carbine and test captured field radio. Two VC relaxing in bunker and cleaning rifle. (Vietnam War period).
New class of replacements go through the 3 day course at the 1st Air Cavalry Division Combat Training Center in Vietnam. Replacements watch helicopters flying. UH-1G helicopter fires rocket. AH-1G helicopter in flight and soldiers watching. Helicopter lands. (Vietnam War period).
New class of replacements go through the 3 day course at the 1st Air Cavalry Division Combat Training Center in Vietnam. Two soldiers distribute clips of M-16 ammunition to the replacement soldiers of 1st Air Cavalry. A soldier fires M-16 rifle. (Vietnam War period).